Civil Engineer for Port of New York Authority; Guided Missile Test Engineer for Grumman Aircraft; Specifications Engineer & Director of Maintenance & Chief Engineer for New Jersey Turnpike Authority; Project Manager for Technical Assistance to the Indonesian Toll Road; Team Leader, Technical Advisor to the Lending Banks for the English Channel Tunnel

Thoughts on the 58th Bomb Wing:

It was an experience of a lifetime! Although I was often so scared that I went to sleep. I am forever thankful that I flew around the world and participated in the battles against Japan. Seeing South America, Africa, Arabia, India, China, Burma, Australia and Tinian gave me a prospective I would never have had otherwise. Battle testing a new airplane had its problems but the B-29 proved itself worthy of the name "Superfortress." Compared to any ground troops or any other air crews we had it good. We could fly in our shirt sleeves, without oxygen, and come home to comfortable quarters. The missions were dangerous, long and often frequent but we were comfortable.

Comments:

Training, living and flying with others as a member of an air crew is a unique experience. Although I have lost touch with my fellow crew members, I treasure the memories of our intertwined lives under trying circumstances for 18 months. There is a lot to learn in becoming a crew member.